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Thales Leonardo de Carvalho
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science
The Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2022 - 2018
Visiting Graduate Student (Political Science)
University of California - San Diego
San Diego, United States
2022 - 2021
M.A. in Political Science
The Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2018 - 2016
Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations
The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2015 - 2011
Teaching Experience
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
The Federal University for the Latin American Integration (UNILA)
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
2020
- Instructor of the “Qualitative Comparative Analysis” course at theUniversidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana - UNILA (TheFederal University of the Latin American Integration). Course design,lecturing, conducting seminars, and grading.
Teaching Assistant
The Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019 - 2016
- Teaching assistant for the following courses: “Introduction to Political Analysis”, “Global Governance”, “Social Theory of Foreign Policy”, “The Geopolitics of Knowledge”, under the supervision of prof. Dawisson Belém Lopes, and “Introduction to the Democratic Theory”, and “The Modern State and the Capitalism”, supervised by prof. Felipe Nunes. Lecturing, conducting seminars, and grading.
Selected Press
Artigo: Política externa ou campanha eleitoral por outros meios?
Jornal O Globo
Brazil
2020
- With Dawisson Belém Lopes.
O atual contexto da política do Brasil para a China
Diário do Comércio
Brazil
2020
- With Arthur Guimarães.
Latest Publications
Organizações Internacionais e Políticas Públicas Nacionais: variáveis organizacionais e instrumentos de difusão
Carta Internacional, 16(2)
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2021
- With Jéssica Fernandes and Carlos Aurélio Pimenta de Faria
The “Left Turn” and the Latin American countries’ discourses about the UN Peace Operations around the World
Conjuntura Internacional, 16(1)
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2019
A Institucionalização no Complexo Regional de Segurança Sul-Americano: uma comparação entre quatro períodos históricos
Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa, 5(1)
N/A
2018
- With Andréa Rezende.
A clausula democrática do Mercosul e as interrupções de mandatos presidenciais na América do Sul: um estudo sobre os casos paraguaio e brasileiro
Conjuntura Internacional, 14(1)
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2017
Working Papers
Mind the gap: Assessing differences in methodological approaches between Brazilian and mainstream IR journals
Accepted - Contexto Internacional
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2021
- With João Paulo Gabriel and Dawisson Lopes
International Clientelistic Networks and International Fora: The Case of Venezuela
Review and Resubmit - Latin American Politics and Society
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2021
- With Dawisson Lopes
A política externa das direitas neo-patrióticas na Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas (2013-2020)
In progress
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2021
- With Camilo López Burián, José Antonio Sanahuja, and Dawisson Lopes
Back to the Assembly? Power Politics, Domestic Conflict, and Forum Shopping in the United Nations
SSRN (Preprint)
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2021
- With Luis Schenoni
Seguindo a trilha das palavras: mapeando os trending topics das pesquisas na pós-graduação em RI no Brasil - 1987-2018
Scielo (Preprint)
N/A
2021
- With Vinicius Santos and Yulieth Martínez
Latest Conferences and Talks
Is Security a Matter of State or Government? A study about how international and domestic variables produced different International Security Policies in Latin America
XI Meeting of the Brazilian Defense Studies Association (ABED)
Virtual Conference
2021
Seguindo a trilha das palavras: mapeando os ?trending topics? das pesquisas na pós-graduação em RI no Brasil (1987-2018)
8º Meeting of the Brazilian International Relations Association (ABRI)
Virtual Conference
2021
Back to the Assembly? Power Politics, Domestic Conflict, and Forum Shopping in the United Nations
8º Meeting of the Brazilian International Relations Association (ABRI)
Virtual Conference
2021
Back to the Assembly? Power Politics, Domestic Conflict, and Forum Shopping in the United Nations
7th Joint Human Rights Conference (ISA)
Virtual Conference
2021
Assessing defense cooperation in South America: How did the South American Defense Council act?
II International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation
Virtual Conference
2021
Opposite sides, same clientelistic means: How did Venezuela use the American UN vote-buying strategy against the United States? (w/ Dawisson Belém Lopes)
12th Meeting of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)
Virtual Conference
2020
An inconvenient truth: Assessing methodological shortcomings in Brazilian and international IR journals (w/ João Paulo Gabriel and Dawisson Belém Lopes)
12th Meeting of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)
Virtual Conference
2020
Política na América do Sul e possíveis desdobramentos para a segurança regional
The Air Force University (UNIFA)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019
Organizações Internacionais e políticas públicas nacionais: variáveis organizacionais e mecanismos de difusão (w/ Jéssica Fernandes and Carlos Aurélio Faria)
7th Meeting of the Brazilian International Relations Association (ABRI)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019
A ‘Virada à Esquerda’ e as Políticas de Defesa e Políticas Externas relacionadas à Segurança na América Latina: um estudo comparativo
7th Meeting of the Brazilian International Relations Association (ABRI)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019
The left turn and the positioning about R2P in Latin America along the time
Regional Conference International Law Association (ILA) Brazil and ILA Portugal
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2018
A ‘Virada à Esquerda’ e as Políticas de Defesa e Políticas Externas relacionadas à Segurança na América Latina: um estudo comparativo de 16 mandatos presidenciais
1st Meeting of the International Relations Research Group of the Latin American Political Science Association (GRI-ALACIP)
São Paulo, Brazil
2018
A ‘Virada à Esquerda’ e as Políticas de Defesa e Políticas Externas relacionadas à Segurança na América Latina: um estudo comparativo de 16 mandatos presidenciais
12th Meeting of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)
Curitiba, Brazil
2018
A ‘Virada à Esquerda’ e as Políticas de Defesa e Políticas Externas relacionadas à Segurança na América Latina: um estudo comparativo de 16 mandatos presidenciais
10th Meeting of the Brazilian Defense Studies Association (ABED)
São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Membership
Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)
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Brazilian Defense Studies Association (ABED)
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